Buckle holder



Fe 1927- w. T. MOON BUCKLE HOLDER Filed Dec. 24, 1925 Patented Feb. 8, 1 27.

WALTER THOMAS MOON, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND;

. BUCKLE HOLDER.

Application filed December 24, 1925. Serial No. 77,530.

The present invention relates to improvements in buckle holders, and more particularly to an improved means for detachably supporting buckles, bows, or other ornaments upon that class of shoes or slippers commonly known as pumps.

- The primary object of the invention being to provide an improved buckle holder embodying locking means whereby the buckle may be snapped into locked fixed relation with the holder and there held in a firm and straight position on the pump.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved buckle'holder adapted for detachably holding a buckle, thus permitting of differently ornamented buckles being supported upon the pump.

A still furtherobject of the invention is to provide an improved buckle holder which may be readily supported upon the vamp of the pump without liability of defacing the outer surface of the vamp, and which holder when in position is held against shifting by the instep of the person wearing the pump. A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved buckle holder which may be readily inserted between the vamp of the shoe and ones instep, in a manner so as not to allow the vamp to press or cut the instep, due to the particular shape of the base portion of the holder which tends to relieve the pressure or binding on the instep. 7 a

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of an improved holder of this character which is extremely simple in construction, and one wherein no separate parts are employed eitherfor attachment of the holder to the shoe nor the buckle to the holder.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which drawing: I p

. Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pump or slipper and showing an ornamented buckle held in position upon the vamp by the improved holder.

Figure 2 is a perspective vlew showlng a buckle locked in position upon the holder.

Figure 3 is a central vertical section through the holder and buckle and showing the same in adjusted relation upon the vamp of a shoe.

Figure. 4 is a transverse section on line 44l of Figure 3.

F igure' 5 is a horizontal section on line 5 of Figure 3; and, I

Figure 6 is a view of the improved holder in blank form.

Referring to the drawing in detail, and wherein similar reference characters desig-' nate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views; the letter A may designatea slipper or pump, B a buckle or. other suitable ornament for adornment of the pump A, and G the improved holder for detachably supporting the ornament B upon the pump A.

In the example shown, the ornament B is in the form of abuckle comprising a rectangular frame 10 and a Vertically extending central cross bar 11 attached at its upper and lower ends to the horizontal portions of the frame 10, and which cross bar preferably o):- tends in slightly spaced relation from the rear face of the frame. It is of course understood that the cross or supporting bar 11 may form the attaching section of any desired ornament, and that if so desired ribbons or, other articles of ornamentation may be carried by the frame 10. V V

The improved holder G which may be stamped from sheet metal of a suitable gauge and preferably of a spring nature, embodies an upstanding body portion 12 having a forwardly'bent base portion 13. The base por-' tion 13 which is preferably of greater width than the upstanding portion 12, is divided by aforwardly opening slot 19into a pair of feet or rest plates 141 preferably rounded at their forward ends as at 15. The forwardly opening slot 19, as will be readily seen from Figure 3, preferably has its rear end extending upwardly for a slight distance into the lower portion of the upstanding body portion 12. The object in so extending the base of the slot 19' for a slight distance up into the body portion 12, is to permit of free yielding of one rest plate 14 with respect to the other. Struck upwardly from points adjacent the forward end of the rest plate 14, are fangs or teeth 16 having their pointed free ends extending rearwardly toward the lUU body portion 12. While the fangs 16 have 7 been shown as being struck upwardly from the plates 14., it will be apparent that other suitable teeth may be provided on the upper faces of the plates, the method illustrated for forming the fangs merely being shown as a preferred method. The base portion 13 is preferably arcuated slightly transversely of plllllp.

'or V shaped :tree end 21.

At the base or juncture ofthe upstanding body portion 12 with the base portion 13, the holder is slightly arcuated as at 17 for conforniingto the upper edge of the vamp 18 and which arcuation :torn'isa groove ere tending tiansverse'ly'oi the base of the body portion 12 for receiving the upper edge of the vamp.

Struck forwardly from the lower portion of the upstanding body portion 12, and transversely o'lfthebody portion, is a spring tongue QO-"p'referably formed with a pointed I I As will be seen from Figure 2, the spring tongue 20' extends to each side of the vertical center of the body portion 12, that is, the point of connection with the tongueto' the body portion is to one side of the vertical center of the body portion while "the 'pointed free end of the tongue is to the opposite side of the vertical centerof the body portion. Av transversely ext-ending slot or opening 22 is formed in the upper'portion of the body 152, as "by cutting or punching out a portion oi the material below the top edge of the body, and which slot is spaced above the tongue 20 for leaving a transverse inedial web or rib 23 directly above the tongue. The retainedportion of the body 12 above the transverse slot 22, is divided intermediate its ends by means of a diagonally extending slit 24',into"'apair of yieldablespring fingers 25 and 26,the spring finger 25 preferably being of greater length than the spring finger This feature is clearly illustrated in Figure 6. It is preferred,that'the diagonal.- ly extending slit 2 lextend outwardly from a point at the vertical or longitudinal center or the'body portion '12, andt-o-that side of the longitudinalcenter of "tlie'body portion so that the longer spring linger 25 will be disposed to that side of the body'portion to which theip'ointed i ree'endoi the spring is'dispo'sed. "Speaking inore briefly, the slit 7 2st extends in a general'direction toward the poin tcd'end 21 of the tongue 20.

Referring to the attachmentof the holder to the vamp oi the pump, it will be seen that the base portion 13 nierely engages the under side of the vamp and thuseliminates any possibility'oi defacing the upper or exposed faces ot'the vamp which would be undesirable when the pump wasbeing worn without an ornamental buckle of any ohar- I actor. It will be apparent that when the fangs 16 are drawn into biting engagement with the inner side of the vamp 18, that the holder will be eifectively held in posishorter spring finger 26.

tion by the fangs. It will also be apparent that the holder may bejreadily placedin position after a persons foot has been placed in the-pump, by merely sliding the base portion between the under side of the vamp and the persons instep, and when slid into such position, the fangs 16 will prevent withdrawal of the holder from its adjusted position. l Vhen the holder is in position upon the pump, it will be seen that the vamp= -wi11 not press or cut the intse'p due to'th'esaddle like formation of the base "portion which tends to relieve allpressure -01 bindingfo'n the instep.

In locking the bucklenponfthe h'o'ld'er *B, and which locking relation may be performed either before craft-er the holtlen-has been applied to the shoe, the buckle is slid transversely of the holder with thecross bar 11' passing beneath the spring ton'gue '20 and in contact with the forward 'face' oif the: upstanding body portion 12 "as illustrated in the dotted "line showing -inarkedX in F-i'gure 6; Thelonger spring finger m ay then be forced rearwardly for allowing the cross bar 11 to pass behin'd theapoin'ted end of the The-buckle may then be swung to-a position as indicated "by the dotted line showing ln-arked in Figure 6,'andwhich will allow thespri'ng finger 25 to assume itsf'norinal {position with respect to theSpringfingerQG. 'The buelile may then'be swungba'c'kuntil the ei-os's 11 assumes a vertical position atthe center ii-"the body portion 12. Thusitwill be seen that the spring tongue i 20, spring fingers 25 and 26, and the unedi'al =web=or -rib 23, creates'a binding action upon the cross bar 11 for holding the buckle -firin and str a t on the pump. By so ha'vngdhe sli't -Ql ex tend diagonally as illustrated, such :aids in the positioning of the cross bar beneath the spring *fingers, and also causes the cross bar to bear against the freee'ndsfo'f botho-f the spring lingers when the buckle is in its adjusted position.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that an extremel simple and-act iective holder for the-supporti'ng of buckles or other ornaments up'on the 'vanlp of a pump has "been provided 'which will allow various ornaments or buckles of varyinfg descriptions to be detaeh abl-y secured to the vamp without liability "of defa ci'ng *the vamp.

, Various changes nray be madeito the'specilic form of invention -herein shown and' described, without departi'ng frolin'the i spiri' t of the invention or the-scope ofthe'ifollow- -ingclaims.

prising a base portion "having rearwardly inclined fangs struck upwardly therefroin for biting engagement with the underside of the Vamp of a pump or the like upon slight upward and rearward slipping of the base portion, and an upstanding body portion for the supporting of an ornament. V 2. A buckle holder comprising a base portion and an upstanding body portion, said body portion provided with a transversely extending tongue, a medial rib lying flush with the body portion, and transversely extending spring fingers in spaced relation above said rib and normally lying flush with thebody portion, said spring fingers meeting at their inner free ends and divided at their inner abutting ends by a diagonally extending slit extending in a general direction toward the free end of the spring tongue.

3. A buckle holder comprising a base portion and an upstanding body portion, said body portion having a forwardly struck tongue adjacent its lower portion extending transversely of the vertical center of the body portion, a transverse rib above said tongue, and provided with an aperture above said rib, transversely extending fingers closing the upper end of said aperture and divided above said aperture by a diagonally extending slit extending upwardly from the vertical center of the body portion and extending in a direction toward the free end of said tongue, said tongue and fingers adapted to releasably engage the vertical cross bar of a buckle for detachably supporting the same upon the holder.

4. A buckle holder comprising a base portion and an upstanding body portion, said body portion having a transverse web and provided with an aperture above said web, a tongue joined at one end to the body portion and extending transversely of the vertical center of the body portion below said web, and spring fingers one I of greater length than the other, closing the upper end of saidaperture and having diagonally extending free end portions disposed'in abutting relation above said aperture, and with said longer finger disposed to that side of the body portion at which the free end of the tongue is disposed.

W'ALTER THOMAS MOON. 

